Sagan supporters push for postage stamp honoring famed astronomer

Ithaca, NY -- Supporters of the late Carl Sagan plan to petition federal postal officials to create a stamp commemorating the world-famous astronomer.

Sagan, a professor and director of the Laboratory for Planetary Studies at Cornell University, consulted with NASA, briefed astronauts, and wrote or edited more than 20 books. His two most renowned works were: "The Dragons of Eden: Speculations of the Evolution of Human Intelligence," for which he won a Pulitzer Prize, and "Cosmos," the best selling nonfiction science book ever published in English.

The postage stamp commemoration is being spearheaded by the Sciencenter and the Sagan Appreciation Society of Ithaca.